Thursday, March 28, 2013

"Had Shastri (Lal Bahadur)lived another 5 or 10 years, it is highly unlikely that Indira Gandhi would ever become PM and it is certain that her son would never occupied that office, Had Shastri been given another 5 years on earth, there would have been no Nehru – Gandhi dynasty, Sanjay Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi would almost certainly still be alive, Sanjay Gandhi would be failed entrepreneur and Rajiv Gandhi a recently retired airline pilot with a passion for photography, Sonia Gandhi would still be a devoted and loving house wife and Rahul a middle level manager in a private sector co."- from Ramachandra Guha 's recent book: Patriots and Partisans